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(Some of the material obtained is verbatim, some is not because of Seth’s rapid delivery. I made no attempts, seriously, to slow him down. The very beginning of the session is not recorded because I was working in the studio in the back of the apartment when Seth came through as Jane, Eve and Tam sat in the living room.

(The stage had been well-set for the afternoon session, however. Tam and Eve had arrived in Elmira the day before, and much of the ensuing conversation had been about matters psychic. Tam had witnessed a session before—the 434th on September 6, 1968—but Eve had not; she was a little nervous before the session began, and like many others was surprised by the session’s actual beginning and its manner of presentation.)

(One section of the session was missed by me entirely, since I had left the house thinking the session over. This will be noted. When she spoke for Seth, Jane’s pace was somewhat faster than usual; eyes open often and quite dark, voice about average. There were no strong voice effects. I indicate breaks in my notes by the usual symbol: ...)

I was here last evening. (Humorously:) Far be it from me to frighten a young girl (to Eve), although the girl is not so young and the girl has not always been a girl.

(Here Seth refers to various moments during the visit of Tam and Eve, when he was ready to come through, but for various reasons did not do so.)

(Seth’s remark stemmed from the fact that Jane’s hair was continually falling over her forehead and eyes; she had taken to brushing it back often; usually her glasses would keep the hair out of her eyes, but as a rule she doesn’t wear glasses in trance.)

(Here Seth asked me to get “whatever it is one uses” to keep the hair out of Jane’s eyes, meaning her barrette. Jane was still in trance when I handed it to her, and she thrust it into her hair above her right forehead in what was not the neatest way, but it did the job.)

A moment. (Pause. Then to Eve:) This will have to be filled in later. Ireland—you were an Irish lass, and a minstrel. Now I do not know offhand when St. Patrick was roaming—at a time however before Christianity was introduced—you lived in the country now called Ireland... before the Christian Era...as a man given much to wandering and without a permanent abode.

In conversation you stumbled and gave the impression of being stupid. Nor could you communicate with the townspeople. The verbal facility came easily in song, and so you wandered, singing, from town to town, using for your songs the news that was happening . Stories of events, a musical newscaster.

You were also highly involved with what was going on in the country at the time, where in the life immediately previous you cared little for any but your immediate family, and rarely moved beyond your house. In the Irish life therefore you chose to roam freely and to inform others as to the happenings of the time.

There may now be a blood relationship, though it is distant rather than immediate. At that time this woman was also a male, and also known to you in the lifetime immediately previous, and as a man.

(2:09. The break was a long one. We didn’t know whether the session was actually over or not. Once again I happened to be in the studio when Seth came through again, at 3:55.)

(On this visit also Tam read the 418th session, of June 24, 1968. In this session were perhaps a page and a half of Seth’s clairvoyant data re Tam and Miss Carr. This was given before any of us had met, and when any kind of communication between Jane and Tam was just beginning. Tam was able to verify quite a lot of the data; some of it referring to Miss Carr was good. The last name of Cecile Grossman, an editor at Prentice-Hall, was mentioned by Seth, for instance. Tam noted the correct data in the 418th session, so this material has now been checked at least once.

([Tam’s Notes:]The following represents a spontaneous session that occurred after Seth had been kind enough to come through three times for Eve and myself. Robert Butts had gone out for a while, and Jane, Eve, and I were chatting. I could feel Seth’s vague presence in the room, which Eve apparently didn’t. Jane went into the kitchen to see about the chicken she was cooking and — as she later told us— felt Seth coming through and hurried to get back to her chair.

( This session was unusual; even though I have only seen Seth on a few occasions, I noticed that Jane kept her eyes open much more than usual. Seth’s voice was precise, but quick and conversational; also, we had the opportunity to exclaim in a brief conversation, which I of course found most gratifying.

But I wanted to clarify some points... (Previously, Eve had wondered how Seth felt about her, so Seth turned to her.) You are a delightful young lady... (He advised her to assert herself more, to be less cautious in going after goals. He said she should use her “abilities” —though he was not specific.) And you will. You will.

(Note: Later that week, I had a similar dream, but the cloth was folded underneath my thighs, bearing me along in a sitting position about six feet above the ground.

(We can’t remember anything else, but the session was short—only five to six minutes—and probably little if anything was added. Seth withdrew rather abruptly, and noticing the change in Jane, I added, “I’ll help Ruburt get back if there’s any need.” Jane didn’t, fortunately, and woke up with no trouble and a pleasant smile. )